title: Recurrent pneumonia caused by diffuse oesophageal spasm.
abstract: A 14-month-old severely retarded girl with a history of regurgitation, aspiration, and recurrent pneumonia was found to suffer from diffuse oesophageal spasm. This diagnosis was made by oesophageal cineradiography. This case suggests that diffuse oesophageal spasm is an oesophageal motility disorder that causes respiratory disease in the retarded child.
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Health Institute, Novi Beograd, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Perisic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomomasa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroume
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mihailovic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marjanovic
mesh_terms: D015155:Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence